You set up an ssh key with github but then you provided a url with HTTPS as the protocol so your ssh key isn't being used. Use the SSH URL of your git repo and it should work without needing a username and password.
On Monday, January 28, 2013 2:23:20 PM UTC-6, Kevin Fleming wrote: > > You can create a .netrc file in the home directory of your Jenkins user > on the machine(s) where you are doing the git operations; this will allow > Git to perform HTTP authentication without actually prompting for a > username/password combination. > > ------------------------------ > *From:*[email protected] <javascript:>*To:* > [email protected] <javascript:>*Date:* 1/28 14:49 > ------------------------------ > > Hi, > > I have the same issue with private repository. Hope someone can > provide a pointer. > > git version 1.7.9.5 > jenkins -- 1.500 > Jenkins GIT plug -- > 1.1.26<http://ec2-50-18-85-116.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:9090/pluginManager/plugin/git/thirdPartyLicenses> > GitHub plugin -- not available from the "available plugins" . This is > available from the previous version of Jenkins (1.499) > ubuntu on AMS EC2 instance > > I have setup the ssh keys with the proper login name (email) to the > git hub. And put the public ssh key to the github SSHKey. > Tested the > > ssh -T [email protected] <javascript:> > > works and authenticated. > > in Jenkins, I selected the git as repository and put the github's > HTTPS URL. > > With public repository, there is no problem; but with private > repository, I got the following error message: > > > Failed to connect to repository : Command "git ls-remote -h > https://github.com/xxxx/test.git HEAD" returned status code 128: > stdout: > stderr: fatal: Authentication failed > > > I tried to the same command on the command line, > > git ls-remote -h https://github.com/xxxx/test.git > > the command prompt me for the login and password, once I provides the > both, the commend returns me the refs results. > > I can also git clone the above project from command line. > > It looks to me that the Jenkins is complaining about the login and > password prompt. > > I googled around and found one way to work around the issue is to > ssh-agent and use ssh-add to result this. but this requires start the > ssh-agent .... > > > > is this the only way to do this, for sure I am not the first one to > connect the jenkins to github's private repository. Please help. > > thanks > Chester > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 6:52:02 AM UTC-7, Ramesh Ankam wrote: >> >> Hello Group, >> >> I installed Jenkins 1.4.x on Linux/Tomcat6. We have our code base in >> GitHub, we are unable to get clone the workspace for public and private >> GitHub repositories. I receive following error when repo url is added to >> Git option in Source Control. Any suggestions on how to fix the problem. >> >> Failed to connect to repository : Error performing command: ls-remote -h >> https://github.com/wakaleo/game-of-life.git HEAD >> >> Thanks, >> Ramesh Ankam >> Loading... >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
